a·mount
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/əˈmaʊnt/
/əˈmaʊnt/
[countable, uncountable]Idioms - (used especially with uncountable nouns) a quantity of something
数量；数额 - I was amazed at the amount he could eat.
他食量之大令我吃惊。 - Mix the colours in equal amounts.
把等量的不同颜色混合起来。 - amount of something an amount of money/information/work/time
一笔钱；一些信息；一些工作；一段时间 - A certain amount of time has already been spent on the project.
在这个项目上已经花费了一定的时间。 - The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
该服务器是为存储大量数据设计的。 - Try to reduce the amount of energy and water you use at home.
尽量减少在家的用电量和用水量。 - Faculty should increase the amount and quality of feedback they provide.
教师应该增加他们提供的反馈的数量和质量。
Extra Examples- We've had an enormous amount of help from people.
我们得到了人们的大量帮助。 - There was a large increase in the amount of money invested in March and April.
3、4月份投资金额大幅增加。 - The sauce has just the right amount of salt.
这种酱的咸度刚刚好。 - He drank copious amounts of beer.
他喝了大量的啤酒。 - Tap water also contains varying amounts of rust and grit.
自来水也含有数量不等的铁锈和沙子。 - There was a fair amount of traffic on the roads.
路上的车辆不少。 - You have a certain amount of freedom to explore new techniques.
你有一定自由来钻研新技术。 - They want to limit the amount of cash available.
他们想限制可用现金的数额。 - The amount of reclaimed glass used in industry has doubled in the last five years.
用在工业上的再生玻璃的数量在过去 5 年内增加了 1 倍。 - The average amount of pocket money received by teenagers fell to £4 a week this year.
今年青少年的平均零用钱数额下降到一周4英镑。 - a considerable amount of money
相当大一笔钱 - an amount equivalent to 0.3% per annum
相当于每年0.3%的量 - exposure to high amounts of oxygen
接触到大量氧气
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- copious amounts
- enormous
- …
- double
- increase
- decrease
- …
- double
- increase
- decrease
- …
- amount of
- I was amazed at the amount he could eat.
- a sum of money
金额 - Everyone has paid the same amount.
每个人都支付了相同的金额。 - You will receive a bill for the full amount.
你将收到一张全额的账单。 - The insurance company will refund any amount due to you.
保险公司将赔偿你应得的所有款项。 - Small amounts will be paid in cash.
少量金额将会用现金支付。 - You must pay back the full amount that you owe.
您必须全额偿还所欠金额。
- Everyone has paid the same amount.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French amunter, from amont ‘upward’, literally ‘uphill’, from Latin ad montem. The noun use dates from the early 18th cent.
Idioms
any amount of something
- a large quantity of something
大量 - There's been any amount of research into the subject.
对这个课题已进行了大量研究。
- There's been any amount of research into the subject.
no amount of something
- used for saying that something will have no effect
即使再多（或再大）（也不） - No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool.
再怎样鼓励，他也不肯往游泳池里跳。
- No amount of encouragement would make him jump into the pool.